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Wireless range extenders
I just installed a Nighthawk CAX80 router/modem and I would like to add something like the EAX80 wireless range extender to the network....However, I would like to connect the EAX80 directly to the C...
plemans wrote:
The EAX80 doesn't support the mesh function and smart roaming when ran in AP mode (what mode it needs to be when hardwired in).
Is that just an AP mode thing? Netgear says that the EAX80 is a "Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi6 Mesh Extender".
Is the issue the modem/router? Doesn't that have to support a Mesh AP?
Maybe I threw in a red herring by mentioning Mesh.
michaelkenward its just when in AP mode. One of the mods (not sure which one) had been messaging with me about how the smart roaming features are disabled when in AP mode. Not sure why exactly. Maybe it was eating into the orbi/mk nighthawk section.